All Costs, fees and funding articles – Page 106
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OpinionMistakes inevitable when you’re paid peanuts
Negligence only going to increase if firms run factory-style production lines.
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FeatureVariation of budgets – part 1
Christopher Lethem considers an important aspect of the post-Jackson regime.
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NewsGuideline hourly rates survey ‘important for all firms’
Decision on costs to be made next year by master of the rolls Lord Dyson.
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OpinionGuideline rates: why solicitors must engage
It really is in the profession’s interests to make sure the new guideline hourly rates reflect commercial reality.
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FeatureCosts and litigants in person
Ian Besford outlines the rules and case law on costs for a growing proportion of litigants.
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NewsCoA punishes defendant that refused ADR invitation
Post-Jackson clampdown continues with latest Court of Appeal judgment
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Opinion
Costs benefit
Rulings since the Jackson reforms have confirmed time and again the importance of complying with the new rules to the letter.
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FeaturePredictive coding: embracing the new
Law firms cannot afford to ignore the use of machine-learning technology to control costs.
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NewsRates consultation coming next month, reveals judge
The legal profession has a month to offer its views on guideline hourly rates.
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NewsBattle lines drawn over mesothelioma costs
Personal injury sector at loggerheads over liability for mesothelioma claims.
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Opinion
Bar plays by different rules
Members of the profession may not know that they can be out of pocket paying counsel’s fees when the court has determined that those fees are unreasonable.
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NewsRamsey: I'll change Jackson if necessary
Team to review success of costs reforms six months after implementation.
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OpinionCobbetts undertakers count their money
Insolvency practitioners collect millions in fees while creditors are often left with pennies. Will the government act?
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OpinionDefamation costs: lessons from the PI world
Last Friday the government unveiled its plans to bring in costs protection in defamation cases. The proposed scheme would be similar to the qualified one-way costs shifting (QOCS) regime that came in into force in personal injury in April, but with some important differences. In particular, in defamation, QOCS will ...
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NewsScotland’s ‘Jackson’ proposes DBAs and QOCS
A review of civil litigation funding in Scotland has drawn many of the same conclusions as Jackson LJ.
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FeatureNew Civil Procedure Rules: handmaid or mistress?
Indulgence can no longer be granted where parties fail to comply with their procedural obligations.
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FeatureChanges to the Pre-Action Protocol
The Pre-Action Protocol for personal injury claims with a value of less than £10,000 arising from road traffic accidents applies to accidents occurring after 30 April 2010, when the protocol, Practice Direction 8B and the fixed costs in part 45 came into force.
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FeatureDBAs: greater need for expert early case assessment
It is crucial that prospective claimants get an ‘early case assessment’ of the potential scale of any settlement under Jackson’s new damages-based agreements.
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FeatureRelief from sanctions in costs budgeting
How the courts are dealing with applications for relief from sanctions imposed under Lord Justice Jackson’s new costs management rules?
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OpinionCracking the whip on costs
Judges have been instructed to take a tough line on costs budgeting rules.